Q54> cook's second voyage nov. 



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hopes of being joined by our consort, I had the satis- 

 faction to find that not a man was dejected, or 

 thought the dangers we had yet to go through were 

 in the least increased by being alone ; but as cheer- 

 fully proceeding to the south, or wherever I might 

 think proper to lead them, as if the Adventure, or even 

 more ships, had been in our company. 



